Persuasive Power
This worksheet develops students' ability to identify vivid and emotive vocabulary in persuasive texts. Through analyzing a book review, students learn how authors use powerful language to influence readers. It includes differentiated questions, suggested answers, and a fast finisher challenge. Ideal for upper primary, it strengthens critical reading and persuasive writing skills.
Learning goals
- We are learning to investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion.
- We are learning to identify authors’ use of vivid, emotive vocabulary, such as metaphors, similes, personification, idioms, imagery and hyperbole.
Curriculum alignment
EN3-6B
old
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
EN3-OLC-01
new
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
EN3-VOCAB-01
new
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
EN3-RECOM-01
new
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.